Is my PCOS cured? Is yours?
I will give you a task now…ponder this thought…Is a cure possible? So many of us with this diagnosis feel like we are facing an uphill battle, like our symptoms have driven us down a lonely road of no return, that no one can understand what we are going through, and no one will be able to make it ‘go away.’
I was reading on the alternative therapies thread on the PCOS board I love, and there was a poll, asking if we believed PCOS is curable. I was surprised to see that ony 37% of the responders said yes, and more than 24% said no, and the rest were somewhere in between. At first I was frustrated, thinking, why can we be so negative, that we should remain this way, struggling forever.
But the more I thought about it, the more I began to realize how perhaps words and terms can be misleading…that perhaps the question shouldn’t be ‘is a cure possible’ and instead, what are we doing to ‘cure’ ourselves. It’s true that if we focus on misnomers it can lead us down dark paths, so I decided that this would be a great topic to share on my site. What follows is part of what I posted on that thread.
I am nigh on 35 years old and I believe I have found the way to manage my PCOS through nutrition, detoxification and natural therapies. It is interesting to note the differences of opinion on the subject of whether or not a ‘cure’ is possible, and perhaps much of the problem is that that statement ‘cure’ is so loaded with connotation, isn’t it? To some, cure means absence of symptoms, which I think is possible. To others, cure means to remove the cause, which I also think is possible, but depending on the situation, very difficult. ‘Manage’ might be a good compromise, but then again, its all in how you define it, isn’t it?
As I’ve written in my own life story, and weblog, I believe that health is about balance…so when we have an absence of symptoms, it’s because we are ‘in balance’. We can strive for that situation, and remind ourselves that each day, everything we do, everything we ingest, everything we expose ourselves to, plays into that balance. So it’s a constant process…if that makes sense. According to that theory then, to be ‘cured’ doesn’t necessarily mean forever, does it? And again, ‘managing’ might be the better word choice.
My own experience and my experience with hundreds of individuals whom I’ve spoken with, or consulted with over the years, is that we can be responsible for listening to our body, and know how to be ‘in balance.’ So many times we anesthetize the voice that is telling us what to do. True health, in my opinion, is finding the balance, and is about learning how to listen…
It’s not easy, by any stretch, but it is possible. Each day I get up, I face what’s next. I’ve managed to hold off the weight, increase my progesterone, regulate my periods, ovulate on schedule, and even clear my skin. Does that mean I’m cured? Perhaps. But I recognise that if I don’t continue to work at my good habits, I’ll gain weight, breakout, lose my period regularity…etc… So perhaps I might say, I ‘manage’ to cure my symptoms… agreed?
It’s something to think about…
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